Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain

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via princeton.edu

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/index.xml?section=top...

"The first study showed that male rats given water sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup in addition to a standard diet of rat chow gained much more weight than male rats that received water sweetened with table sugar, or sucrose, in conjunction with the standard diet. The concentration of sugar in the sucrose solution was the same as is found in some commercial soft drinks, while the high-fructose corn syrup solution was half as concentrated as most sodas.

The second experiment -- the first long-term study of the effects of high-fructose corn syrup consumption on obesity in lab animals -- monitored weight gain, body fat and triglyceride levels in rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup over a period of six months. Compared to animals eating only rat chow, rats on a diet rich in high-fructose corn syrup showed characteristic signs of a dangerous condition known in humans as the metabolic syndrome, including abnormal weight gain, significant increases in circulating triglycerides and augmented fat deposition, especially visceral fat around the belly. Male rats in particular ballooned in size: Animals with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained 48 percent more weight than those eating a normal diet."

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Comments

[timtad.livejournal.com]

Mexican Coca Cola.

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Eat more rat chow. It's approved by experts.

[lucystag.livejournal.com]

Thanks, insane sugar tariffs!

Nope

[zarex.livejournal.com]

Totally false. Nowhere in the study is there any evidence that there is increased weight gain from HFCS vs. Sucrose. It's a horrid study by unqualified people that has been overhyped like crazy.

http://www.foodpolitics.com/2010/03/hfcs-makes-rats-fat/

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/3786-hfcs-hype-debunked-by-hype-creators

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/4135-marion-nestle-agrees-a-sugar-is-a-sugar-period

Re: Nope

[simonfunk.livejournal.com]

No personal stand on this implied, but worth reading the third comment at: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2010/03/hfcs-makes-rats-fat/comment-page-2/#comments (by Bart Hoebel, March 26, 2010, 8:21 pm)